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Dems are losing the multiracial working class on basic lifestyle issues
The New York Post ^ | July 8, 2021 | Glenn H. Reynolds

Posted on 07/09/2021 3:21:31 PM PDT by TBP

Just look at the issues the Democrats are pushing: defunding the police, which hurts mostly poor and working-class neighborhoods; critical race theory, which mostly interests woke white activists (and rich-and-guilty Dem donors) but which actually sends a message of inferiority to minority youths; gender ideology, which plays less well among the more traditional and more religious working-class minorities; environmental policies that produce higher gas prices and lower employment, while pushing food prices up; open borders that drive down wages for downscale workers; and so on.

Donors and activists love this stuff. They live in neighborhoods that are mostly insulated from urban crime and disorder. Their kids will still be privileged, regardless of what theories on race are popular. Transgender issues make them feel hip and cutting-edge. Higher gas and food prices won’t affect them. And illegal immigration makes sure they don’t have to pay too much for a nannies and gardeners.

For a long time, the Democrats were able to have it both ways, pretending solidarity with the working class while promoting policies that undercut it. But they have overdone things, and now people have noticed.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; disparateimpact; workingclass
And they have a disparate impact on minorities.
1 posted on 07/09/2021 3:21:31 PM PDT by TBP
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To: TBP
Dems are losing the multiracial working class on basic lifestyle issues nothing!

FIFY

2 posted on 07/09/2021 3:24:17 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021)
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To: CatOwner

That about sums it up. When the Dems start garnering only 1/4 of the vote, we’ll know they are losing. But this 50/50 nonsense is absolutely appalling.


3 posted on 07/09/2021 3:27:34 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“We maintain the peace through our strength; weakness only invites aggression.” ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: TBP

Add to your list the Democrat idiots in CA who decided that shoplifting anything under $950 (per day, per store) was no big deal. Now Walgreens has closed 17 stores in SF and Target is reducing hours to cut their losses (Walgreens and Target make national news, but who knows how many small business owners have just given up...) Next thing, they’ll be whining about their “food deserts”. Is there anything more RACIST than destroying the communities that minorities live in?


4 posted on 07/09/2021 3:39:33 PM PDT by LizzieD
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Is there anything more RACIST than destroying the communities that minorities live in?

Yes. Doing it on purpose. Which is what they're doing.

5 posted on 07/09/2021 3:54:57 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters. )
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6 posted on 07/09/2021 4:07:14 PM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: TBP

They don’t need REAL voters anymore.


7 posted on 07/09/2021 4:52:59 PM PDT by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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If they don’t lose them, the country is finished.


8 posted on 07/09/2021 5:28:51 PM PDT by bigbob
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Remember though, we are talking about a GOP that is clueless in taking advantage of this.


9 posted on 07/09/2021 5:30:06 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Trump isn’t. That’s why he will win in 2024.


10 posted on 07/09/2021 6:19:10 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: CatOwner

Democrats still get well over 90% of the black vote, and a majority of Hispanic, Asian, and Jewish votes. I don’t see that changing any time soon.


11 posted on 07/09/2021 6:26:38 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm 8:9)
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Democrats still get well over 90% of the black vote, and a majority of Hispanic, Asian, and Jewish votes.

Of course, why vote for the ones that will take away your free stuff?

12 posted on 07/09/2021 7:23:32 PM PDT by rllngrk33 (It seems the soap box and ballot box have failed, it might be time for the bullet box.)
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To: LizzieD

The very issues that establishment Republicans have been afraid to raise.


13 posted on 07/09/2021 7:44:13 PM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: TBP

Multiracial working class does not exist according to CRT.


14 posted on 07/10/2021 9:02:18 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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